Malabar Sunrise

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Malabar Sunrise

Postby biggerry on Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:39 pm

Well I think we all got our weekends worth of excerise this morning...just missed the really nice colour in the sky, of which there was some but we on the headlands that one can see in the images below..

compositionally a nice location but there is only so many different shots one can get with that headland in the BG :rotfl2:

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Re: Malabar Sunrise

Postby Jenno on Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:43 am

Have to say I like the softer tones of 1 and 4 the best Gerry.
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Re: Malabar Sunrise

Postby surenj on Sun Aug 22, 2010 1:55 pm

Jenno wrote:Have to say I like the softer tones of 1 and 4 the best Gerry.

I really love #1. Great fore and background. I completely missed this one and only vaguely noticed it when walking back.

You photos have a characteristic 'look' with the tones. It is pseudo HDR warmish highpass like look.... Is that the D-lighting??
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Re: Malabar Sunrise

Postby biggerry on Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:17 pm

Jenno wrote:Have to say I like the softer tones of 1 and 4 the best Gerry.


yeah, the 4th image was actually my first shot and was mainly just a test shot, but that and the first image were at the tail end of the premo light stage which I did not capitalise on cause I was swapping lens and 'umming' and 'ahhhing', it always takes me awhile to get in the groove.

Jenno wrote:I'm busy cleaning the sewerage out of my sensor


my shoes still smell. :?

surenj wrote:I really love #1. Great fore and background. I completely missed this one and only vaguely noticed it when walking back.


I had grand ideas for that first and last one but the fell by the wayside as the light intensity increased.

surenj wrote:You photos have a characteristic 'look' with the tones. It is pseudo HDR warmish highpass like look.... Is that the D-lighting??


I do apply quite a bit of warmth, sometimes not globally either, I find teh AWB misses it on these types of shots, this is typically coupled with a slight amount of tonal contrast which 'can' give a slight hdr look.

That has given me an idea - we need to organise a day where not only do we bang out a few sunrise pictures but then we do a bit PP together, this would be a great way to share ideas etc. Actually it would be really neat if participants brought along a good picture which had been processed and they could share the PP technique for that image. Let me know if your keen and I will give it some more thought.
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Re: Malabar Sunrise

Postby Jenno on Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:06 pm

we need to organise a day where not only do we bang out a few sunrise pictures but then we do a bit PP together


Sounds like a good idea but I think we need to share more about the settings and techniques we use individually to capture the images on the day particularly using filters to the best effect. I think we are so busy (given there is not a lot of time) capturing images that we forget to share and therefore improve our technique.

We could also organise a portrait shoot now that we have 2 little people that we could use as subject matter. :)
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Re: Malabar Sunrise

Postby aim54x on Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:12 pm

I like the deep blues and warm stone in #2 the most.

biggerry wrote:we need to organise a day where not only do we bang out a few sunrise pictures but then we do a bit PP together, this would be a great way to share ideas etc. Actually it would be really neat if participants brought along a good picture which had been processed and they could share the PP technique for that image. Let me know if your keen and I will give it some more thought.


This is good idea!
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Re: Malabar Sunrise

Postby biggerry on Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:34 pm

Jenno wrote:Sounds like a good idea but I think we need to share more about the settings and techniques we use individually to capture the images on the day particularly using filters to the best effect. I think we are so busy (given there is not a lot of time) capturing images that we forget to share and therefore improve our technique.


True, I often find it takes me quite some time to warm up when taking images, some of my best are taken towards the end of a shoot, mainly since I start seeing more from a photgraphic POV, this is also a result of I don't really know what I want from the morning or the type of image.

I also do not try to intrude too much into other peoples zones when taking images, some people are not keen on being asked questions when they are making art :roll: That said I have no problems with people asking me what I am doing and how I am using my filters, bear in mind I am only one step above a babbling mess at that time of the morning so expect the appropriate results :rotfl2:

Jenno wrote:We could also organise a portrait shoot now that we have 2 little people that we could use as subject matter.


speakign of a babbling mess, you might get more sense from her than me! plus they move damn fast when they want to and don't understand what sit still and smile for teh camera means :?

I am keen on the portrait shoot tho!
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